Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Festive Season Fire Safety Advisories
With Chinese New Year around the corner, the SCDF would like to remind everyone to exercise caution to minimise fire hazards and prevent outbreaks of fire during this joyous occasion. When preparing for the festive season, bearing in mind simple fire safety tips can help prevent fires.
Residents are advised not to discard items at common areas such as corridors, lift lobbies and void decks. They should arrange with respective Town Councils or Estate Management Office for the removal of unwanted bulky items.
Residents should also continue to play their part to prevent rubbish fires. Lighted materials such as cigarette butts must be completely extinguished and burning embers must be doused with water before disposal into rubbish chutes or bins.
As the number of patrons and customers is usually higher during the festive season, we would like to remind owners and management of public buildings, eating establishments and places of recreation/entertainment to ensure compliance to fire safety requirements:
Escape passageways should be free of obstruction and fire exit doors should be kept accessible for use during emergencies.
Overcrowding in public premises especially in entertainment outlets should be avoided as it would impede safe evacuation in the event of fire.
Operators of eating establishments (e.g. restaurants, coffee shops, canteens, hawker centres) must ensure compliance to fire safety requirements.
We would like to urge members of the public who spot fire hazards to report them to the SCDF. They can do so by calling our fire hazard reporting line at 1800-280-0000 or email us at [email protected].
In addition, the public can also submit photos and a brief description of the fire hazards using the “mySCDF” mobile phone application which can be downloaded from the Apple and Android App stores.